harmonics

[darkpotatochip]

i was just wondering what the best eq/bass settings are for harmonics. i have a gk backline 1x12 and a warwick corvette std.

[TheDarkHorse]

good question.

I think i've heard before to turn your mids up on your amp. I may be wrong, but try it.

[One Groovin Clown]

Boost High mids and treble.

[Akira]

Also, it you've got a bass with multiple pickups, solo the bridge.

[darkpotatochip]

thanks, that really helps alot

[Jimbobntnr]

a compressor/limiter works absolute wonders, too.

[darkpotatochip]

yeah i have a digitech bp200. anything i could do with that?

[Jimbobntnr]

sell it to irish and buy a compressor?
that's what I did with mine.

[darkpotatochip]

thats so crazy...it just might work

[peeted]

As everyone else said loads of mids, to much treble makes harmonics sound weak. And a compressor/sustainer does wonders too.

[naut]

yeah i have a digitech bp200. anything i could do with that?

the BP200 has an on-board compressor. mess with it. that's all about you can do though, that is, mess with it. it's fairly worthless.

[Akira]

That's because it's the BP200.

[naut]

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[darkpotatochip]

so what other pedals would you suggest then? just any run of the mill compressor?

[naut]

well, no. first of all, and it's just my opinion, but i wouldn't get a compressor in pedal form. for me, compression is not an "effect" that i'd only utilize for a song, or portion of a song. i want it on all the time. so i have one that just sits atop my amp, the PreSonus BlueMax (which i'd recommend). although i'll be replacing it in the near future for something that's rack-mountable.

also, i'd steer clear of compressors that have very few controls. that is to say, if it doesn't have at least a control for threshold and ratio, i wouldn't get it; or if it's just one of those stomp boxes that has one big knob that says COMPRESSION...eh, no, not for me.

of course, i have run across a couple tube compressor rack units, with few controls, that are very nice; but again, not for me because of the less handle you have over them.

[darkpotatochip]

thanks alot, i'll have to check into the bluemax

[EADG]

Bridge pickup
High mids/treble
Compressor
High gain
Pluck near bridge


that's about it

[PainKiller8191]

there's nothing wrong with pedal compressors, i have one (carl martin) and i find it amazing, i leave it on all the time, and as far as controls its got threshold, ratio, attack/release times (in one knob), and gain, and it's transparent as ****

[inversetan]

given my near complete ignorance of compression... would that go some way towards saving your "normal" bass tone? i hate the sound of high mids and treble on my bass, and i rarely just use harmonics (actually, does anyone?), playing over a solo bridge pick does work wonders tho...

i guess the problem of balancing the eq so that normal notes and harmonics both sound good is never really going to go away tho...

[naut]

there's nothing wrong with pedal compressors, i have one (carl martin) and i find it amazing, i leave it on all the time, and as far as controls its got threshold, ratio, attack/release times (in one knob), and gain, and it's transparent as ****

never said anything was wrong with them, but personally i wouldn't have one.